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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
sHERIFF's SALE.

In the District Court of Barber County. State
of Kansas.
Bliss Wood, Plaintiffs,
versus
George W. Ferner and Serena V. Ferner, De-
PENDANTS.
pY VIRTUE of an order of sale to me di-
~ rectCd, issued out of the District Court of
Barber county, Kansas. in tine above entitled
action, l, Charles ID. Nelson, sheriff OF said
county, will, on
FRIDAY, THE 18th DAY OF AUGUST.
A. D., 1887, at O'Clock p m. of said day, at the
front door of the courthouse. in the city of
Medicine Lodge, Barber county. state of Kan
sas, offer tor sale, at public auction, to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, the follow
ing described real estate t0-wit:
The east half of the northwest quarter ~
and the west half ~ of the northeast Quarter
lAl OF section twenty-ninc (2N, in township
thirty-three Csl), south of range fourteen IA
west of the 9th principal meridian. and all in
Barber county, Kansas. levied upon as the
property of the above named defendants and
appraised at Six Humid eli Dollars ,S6OGOO)
Given under my hand this 18th day of July,
a. D., 1857.
CHARLES u. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barrier county, Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
The JOnn B. Doris and z. D. CoIvin's Colossal
ehoWs


Elbows.
The long-loOked-for advent of the
John b. Doris * L. ID. ColvIn's colos
sal shows is near at hand, and we are
authorized to state that the great shows
will positively exhibit at Medicine
Lodge on Thursday, August 10. The
press throughout the entire country
speaks in glowing terms of this great
amusement enterprise, and indeed, its
magnitude is something to be wonder
ed at. The show-or properly speaking,
the great consolidation of shOws-cOn-
sists of a huge three-ring circus, mon
ster menagerie, worlds museum and
elevated theater stage, combined with
colossal Roman hippodrome, in which
Roman standing and chariot racing,
fiat racing, steeple chasing, running
racing, etc. etc, will be exhibited.
There are whole tribes Of Indians in
the New Wild West" who together
with frontiersmen of all kinds, scouts,
cowboys, guides, hunters and trappers,
will give realistic scenes of life in the
wild west surprising anything of the
kind ever seen here. Do not forget the
date. The Doris and Colvin's circus is
by all odds the biggest show in the
United States.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

The sale of the st. Louis. Fort Scott
" Wichita railroad to the Gould inter-
est having been confirmed, the new Off
GERS are announced. The Missouri Pa
citic officers have superintending con-
troll, but the following are the local of
icers with headquarters at Wichita:
Russell Harding, superintendent; Thos.
+. Fisher, assistant freight and passen-
ger agent; IL. c. Hadley, local auditor;
w. W. Levy, assistant treasurer; ]. IL.
Richards, attorney. The correct name
OF the organization now is the Fort
Scott, Wichita 4 Western Railway Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

There is no denying it, Kansas has
not had sufficient rain during the past
Is months, and this condition of affairs
is confined to no part of the state. The
Junction City Union tells the correct
story when it says: MANY trees, fruit
and ornamental, ten, fifteen and twenty
years old, are dying in Junction City.
We think it is because there is no water
in the ground. We have not had rain
sufficient to soak the earth for over a
year. We had rains enough last year
to keep crops alive, and so this year.
but week without rain now makes
things look as though we were having
n drouth. Springs that have not failed
to run since 1852. went dry last fall. and
they have not resumed flowing. Kan
sas wants months rain, an old soak
er, one that will cause the roads to
take wagon in up to the hub"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Stanley, the African explorer, was at
Medicine Lodge in 1867, when the Indi-
an commission held the big meeting
here. At that time he was correspond
ent OF the st. Louis Democrat and New
York Herald. lie was then a wild,
reckless and generally unreliable cor
respondent. From Fort Larned he
wrote most scandalous letter discrib-
ing the morals Of the wives Of officers
stationed there and he came near get
ting into trouble over the affair. Last
week 1t was reported that Stanley had
been killed by the saYages in Africa;
but the report appears to have been
without foundation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
NOTICE TO cREpIToRs.

NOTICE is hereby given to all persons hay
IN ing claims against Charles II. Douglass and
John X. Lamport, partners, as Douglass Lam
port, and Charles II. Douglas and John r. Lam
port, that the undersigned, the duly elected
and qualified assignee of Charles II. Douglass
and John X. Lamport, partners. doing business
under the firm namecOf Douglass s. Lamport,
aud John X. LampOrt and Charles III. Douglass
individually, OF Sun City, Barber county, Kan
sas, will attend, at the office of the clerk of the
district court of Barber county, Kansas, at
the city of Medicine Lodge, in said county and
state, on Monday, the first day of August, a D.,
1887, to adjust and allow demands against the
estates Of the said assignors, and will remain
in attendance at said place on said day, and
during two consecutive days thereafter, and
shall commence the adjustment and allowance
of demands against the trust funds, at nine
O'Clock, u. H., and continue the same until five
O'Clock p IN. of each of said three days
Dated this, I'D day of March, A D.. 1851
p. A. SIMMONS, Assignee
SAMPLE s. VICKERs ATTORNEYS 43
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

A number of towns in Kansas are
having trouble with their waterworks.
The general complaint is an insufficient
water supply and an inferior article.
The works at Anthony and Caldwell
are i'm the hands of receivers and those
of several other cities around us soon
will be. At Medicine Lodge there will
never any trouble ensue from either of
these causes. We have Elm creek, a
stream that carries thousands of bar
rels Of water through its banks every
minute, and water, too, that does not
become stagnant for the reason that it
is entirely free from vegetable matter.
Then close 10y, in fact washing the cor
porate limits, is the Medicine river, a
magnificent and world-renowned
stream. Either Of these would furnish
water enough for a city of half a mil
lion people. Either is n purer and bet.
ter stream than is to be found at any
other city in Kansas. But this is not all:
We have spring branch, a stream that
anywhere else would he called river,
and though IL is but two miles long
it is fed constantly 10y more
than fifty everlasting springs.
out of this we can get water that to
the inhabitants of Harper, Anthony.
Caldwell, Wellington or Wichita, would
appear as distilled dew, cooled through
mountains of everlasting ice.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
SEERIFF's SALE.

In the District Court of Barber County, State
of Kansas.
Bliss & Wood. Plaintiff,
versus
George W. Ferner and Serena V. Ferner, De-
PENDANTS.
HY virtue of an order of SALE to me directed,
~ issued out of the District Court of Barber
county, Kansas, ! will, on
THURSDAY, THE 18th DAY OF AUGUST.
a. d., 1887, at o'clock p. IN. of said day, at
the front door Of the court house, in the city
of Medicine Lodge. Barber county, Kansas,
offer for sale. at public auction. to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, the following desert
bed real estate, tO-wit:
beginning at the southwest corner of lot
Twelve az. in block thirty-one (3D. and running
north twenty-five co feet; thence east fifty
900 teet; thence south twenty-five (25) feet:
thence west fifty 800 feet, to the place of be-
ginning being twenty-five ,25 feet of of the
south end of lots eleven QD and twelve n2l I'm
block thirty-one (3lD in the Town of New Kio-
wa, Kansas. appraised at Six Hundred Dol
lars, tSoJOOO, levied upon as the property of
the above-named defendants to satisfy the
above-named plaintiffs claim of Five Humid
red and Sixty-six and 60-l0O dollars (S566 6O and
costs.
Given under my hand at my Office in the city
OF Medicine Lodge, this the 18th day of July
CHARLES ID. NELSON.
Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas
by GEO. w. STEVENS, Under Sheriff 8
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

In reply to a letter from a cattle own
or on the tract known as No Mans
Land, asking whether a portion of the
herders occupying that land can form
an organization and adopt a herd law
10 govern the free range men, Land
Commissioner Sparks states that no
person, organization or association has
any right or color Of authority to make
herd or otherregulations in respect to the
occupation of lands in the public land
strip. These are public lands of the
United States" he continues, "and
never have been made subject to lawful
occupation or entry under any Of the
public land laws and have heretofore
recommended the employment Of the
military forces TO remove occupants
therefrom who are not actual settlers,
or who are usingor controlling more
than 100 acres"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Hon. Jacob Admire, a strong republi-
can. an ex-soldier. but one who recog-
nizes that the war Is over, in a recent
issue OF his paper, the Usage Free
Press, says; According to the common
sense Of the word crank, it is compli-
ment to be called one. IL describes a
man who occasionally halts i'm the face
of mob and refuses to join in a sense
less, shameless shout; who refuses to
throw up his hat and unite in the glori-
lication of peerless old asses as futile,
and such idiotic ranters as Fairchild.
While we believe in republicanism, and
would not vote for Cleveland to save
his life, we believe also that it can be
best promoted 10y decency and common
fairness, and no old, superannuated ass
in the country, and no combination of
old asses can change our opinion"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27


Residents of No-Man 's-Land have
addressed letter to the president dep
recatlng the presidents failure to sign
the bill annexing that territory to han
sas. The petitioners ask that their
statements be investigated and such
action taken as will best protect them
in their rights. They state that from
twenty TO thirty families are daily en-
tering the strip and locating, building
homes and breaking ground for crops;
railroads are making surveys and some
are about commencing to grade; towns
are springing UP; and people spending
their money in building; and yet they
cannot get n title to the ground they
are building upon; while business is
impeded because trade is unprotected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

"A law passed 10y the legislature last
winter provides that any person who
shall take up a stray animal shall I'M
mediately post three notices of the
same IN three public places in the town.
ship Of his residence, and shall at the
same time send one copy of the notice
to the county clerk, for posting on the
"bill board" I'm his Office.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Hoffman. one of the men who wreck
ed the Missouri Pacific train at Dun
bar, Nebraska, Jan. n. was hanged at
Nebraska City last Friday. In the
train wreck the engineer was killed
and several persons severely injured
lIoffman's confederate Is serving out
n ten year sentence in the penitentiary
And now why not hang the WYandotte
train wreckerY
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

President Cleveland approved $50
special pension bills in tie first two
years at his administration. In eight
years Grant approved only 57I; Hayes
only 1903, and Arthur, 735, and yet there
are G.. A. r. people who pretend to be-
lieye that Mr.. Cleveland is not their
friend
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

The democrats are talking of nOmin-
ating Andrew Rooster, of Valley town
ship rs their candidate for county COM
missioner from the First district. Ever
since his advent into this county, we
have known MIR. Roesler as an Old-line
democrat. and those of his neighbors
who know him are willing to vouch for
him. We have no doubt lee would
prove AN acceptable officer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

The Chicago, Kansas and Texas rail-
road company does not say that Jay
Gould is backing IL; but intimates that
the Union Pacific company is. Just
now the Union Pacific is below par in
knrana
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

a report was sent out from Denver
last week that 10000 cattle from Texas.
headed for Wyoming, had been turned
lack on account of the low market in
the northwest. The report is denied
by Texas cattlemen who claim that the
report WIS circulated TO run down the
price of cattle in Texas. a Wyoming
syndicate had man in Texas who was
attempting to buy cattle for SIS per
Lead.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Under law of last winter the treas
urer of every city, township and school
district, when he has not sufficient
funds in his hands to pay any warrant
cor order must indorse the same upon the
back Of the warrant or order, and to
register all such warrants or orders in
book TO be kept for that purpose, and
snch warrants shall be paid in the order
of registration when funds are col.
lected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Circus day will also be bond election
day unless the commissioners rescind
their former action in calling the cleo
ton. Commissioner Fleming, who is
opposed to the bonds, says that he be-
heves Medicine Lodge induced the cir
Gus to come here ON that day that the
crowd that would come TO town and
the circus employees could be voted for
the bonds. That man Fleming has n
great head.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Medicine Lodge can afford to vote
school bonds and waterworks bonds,
for II these public improvements are
not honestly carried out We can hang
the men in charge; but We can't hang u
railroad company that exists only on
manor
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

RumOrs continue To float around
about there being an organized gang of
horse thieves and harborers of thieves
In this county. There must be hang
ing or their nefarious work will con-
ilnnR
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Who knows that Foster and his Kan
sas and Panhandle railroad company
is not at the bottom of the Chicago,
Kansas and Texas company? Vote
down the hnnha
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
A Charming Short Story
FOR THE LOVER OF PURE
SERIAL FICTION.
Following 1. a brief s1nonsis:

Following IL brief synopsis:
Dorcas Caledoa. an heiress OF imm ense
wealth. is stolen from her cradle when only
six months cid. She is picked up and cared
for hy the raatron Of = foundlirg asylum:
here for years she lives, u quiet, gentle
child Bat after n time, for some unac-
countable reason, she is taken back to her
rightful home, though this fact Is unknown
to her. Hero she Is given only q reniars
place, but manages 70 picS up toierab.e
education Finally, weary Of her hard LIE.
she determines to seek fortune and friends
among Strangers. A wise Providence
guides the orphans feet, and she Ends
friend AID mother in 4 K nd widow who not
O1ly shelters and cares for her but resolves
70 unravcl the story OF her parcntace; this
after time is accomplished and the orphan
dependent upon charity is discovered 70 be
not oaly rich but OF good parentage. A
happy reunion follows, In which Dorcas.
ever kind and generous, forgets none Of the
dear friends Of the years Of her adversely.
OPENING CHAPTER
~ THE INDEX OF THIS WEEK
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.

Tn consequence OF the dissolution of the firm
ali accounts due Currie Il Schmidt must be
settled at once. For thirty days from date the
books will be found at the old stand of Currie
4 Schmidt, All accounts not settled in that
time will be put in the hands of an attorney
Call ut once, and save costs
CURRIE & SCHMIDT.
Medicine Lodge. July eth lSS-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Barber county cannot afford TO vote
bonds to another alleged railroad com
pany. Remember Fatty Foster and
his Panhandle scheme.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
WEDNESDAY, JULY n, 1887.

Hang the horse thieves would be
good platform for some candidate to
run on.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

To hang the next horse thief caught
IN Barber county would do more to-
ward breaking up their business than
a dozen arrests and convictions.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

The Ohio democrats last week NOM
mated Thos. +. Powell. of Delaware
county, as their candidate for governor.
They adopted a sensible platform and
claim to have good chan ces for success.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

President Cleveland has accepted an
invitation to visit st. Louis during tie
fair, in October.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

Jay Gould's tie buyers have been sys-
tematically swindling him. The first
report was that 81 900, 900 was the
amount, bnt George Gould says $780,
600 VIII cover the fraud.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

We are opposed to all paper-raiIroad
bond propositions, now, henceforth and
forever.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

The later. state commerce commits
sion say that commercial drummers
must pay the same railroad fare as
other passengers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
DISSOLUTION RorICR

Medicine Lodge, Kans., July l. 1887.
NOTICE is hereby given that the law firm OF
IN Denton Jones is dissolved. Mr. Denton
will occupy the Office, and Mr.. Jones will offlce
In the courthouse, where he may be found at
all hours, and extends an invitation to every
citizen OF Barber county to- complain TO him OF
any violation Of the liquor law.
A ZONES
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
Diaanlnfinn Nntina

1'HE partnership heretsfore existing between
i X. VI. Woodward and George T.. Conlisk un-
der the firm name of Woodward & ConIisk Is
this day dissolved. X. NJ. Woodward will CON
unue the business. collect all accounts due TO
the firm, and will pay all debts due by the firm
X NJ WOODWARD.
GEO. +. CONLISK.
Medicine Lodge, Kan, July 5, 1887. 70
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
FRET LIGHTNING CYCLONE 7
and TORNADO!
INSURANCE!

NJ. l.. WILCOX, Medicine Lodge, Kans.
Represents the "OlI Reliable burlington In
surance Company, OF burlington, Iowa. and
Will write policies against loss or damage by
hre, lightning, cyclone or tornado. All losses
promptly paid in full without deductions %
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
Real Estate Transfers.

Reported for the week ending July
-, 1881. by Bronson * IIouchin, astract-
ers, Medicine Lodge, Kansas:
Simon Lebrecht to + Neal IG0 in
26-3i-l0 $1,000
l. Smith to J L Hook so acres in
0-3l-lO 400
+ NJ Reynolds to W o Whitehead
100 acres i'll l9-33-l0 1000
NJ Heller to L i Smith go acres
in 1l-34-ll 5000
G L Wainscott to T + Marquand
100 acres in l6-3l-l2 100
W ii Sparks TO T Chamrock la
i'll l. 32l2 400
w Fisher to NJ Lahey leo acres
in Is 1912 2OCO
W L Carlin to NJ Martin 100 acres
in a2-S2-ls 800
w II Kennedy 20 II Ingraham 100
acres in 3-32-l3 1GG0
G. f Conlisk To ii Z Shepard 100
acres in S2-32-l3 1900
S Alter TO L Sample 100 acres in
10 1918 $500
l. NJ Stevens to b ii TillOtson 500
acres in 6 BIB 1890
l. VI Stevens to B III Tillotson 800
acres in 7-3I-l3 $500
III Allen to II Lebrecht 100 acres
i'm Is 32-l3 1900
G & Towner to G J McCray 200
acres in 27-3l-l3 $500
G. III Mercer to Ella Dent l6O acres
in 1875 2l5O
w A Clinkscales to NJ Strong 16O
acres in % 32-15 1900
MEDICINE LODGE.
ii l. Shannon TO J III Ownings LOT
II bursts add 400
Higgins to Ella NJ Allen 4 lots
Wash ave 1000
G w Ryus to o II Brown lots on
Sec aye 1000
NJ y Lafever to w II McCague
lot III lIartZel's add $50
NEW KIOwA.
G. w ) Denick to ID NJ Ludwick
blk IA 500
A f Scott to r IIeney lots AIS
y + Scott to G w Kimler lots AIS
Jno Shirber to w L Post lOO
j w Metz to + DOrnhOper lot 40
| For Sale.
| One Fresh Mich Cow, half-brecd Jersey. En-
| ullirp of GQDDprf a Stone ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

For Sale.
One Fresh Mich Cow. half-brecd Jersey. En-
quire Of Geppcrt & Stone. 5t3
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27

IL THE INDEX OF THIS WEEK.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
sHERIFF's SALE.

CHARLES ID. NELSON,
Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas
BY GEO. w. STEVENS, Under Sheriff
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-07-27
OUR NEW WILD WEST.

1.-THE Restless Spirit of the Pla,ns''
The combination Wing Shot world, with Rifle Revolve
Rocky Mountain Scout Trapper Pathfinder
Custer at Little Big Horn Graphic reproduction of the battle
The Attack. The Defeat and Death of Hero Custer.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-05-06
"Unsold Agony from Catarrh.n

Prof. W. HAUsNER, the famous mesmerist
of Ehdcd, n. Y, writes "Sope ten years ago
! suffered untold agony frorS chronic nasal
catarrh; My family physician gave me up as
such a bad one, that every day, towards sun
Get. say voice would become SO hoarse could
my coughing and clearing of MY throat would
almost stranpe me. by the use of DIR. Sage's
Caturyh Remedy, in three months, was well
man, mad the cure has been permanent
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-05-06
Mutual BENEFIT Association

The question Of the utility of as
sessment associations for the purpose
Of insuring the lives of the members
of such associations, has been brought
prominently before the public by the
action of legislative committee Of
Investigation. THE TINES does not
believe that assessment associations
are detrimental to the public interest,
or that the question of their utility,
or their modes of doing business, IS
proper subject for investigation by
the Legislature. They are simply
voluntary associations, and the con-
tracts are between those associated,
and are purely mutual, affecting the
rights or interests Of no person on
earth outside the association, and
Individual associations for business
purposes or mutual protection is one
of the inherent rights of every Amer
lean citizen, with which no legisla-
tive committee, in our opinion, have
any business 10 meddle by investiga-
tions or otherwise. The trouble that
springs out Of these associations
comes from the old line life insurance
companies. They, the old liners,
have been charging for life insurance
exhorbitant rates, amounting to little
less than lesalized robbery, paying
large commissions 10 agents and
enormous salaries to their officers,
and growing immensely rich from
their profits. With all this, the as
sessment insurance companies make
open war. They insure at actual
cost, and charge for expenses only a
nominal sum. In fact, as the writer
personally knows, for he has several
thousand dollars of this class Of in
surance, the cost to midGle aged men
for tirstclass insurance in the assess
ment companies, is less than one
fifth the cost in the old line CON-
panies, and the policies in such asso.
Citations as the Royal Templars of
Temperance. Odd Fellows, the Gov
cnant Mutual Benefit Association, of
Galesburg, Illinois, the Nstional
Union, of Mansfield, Ohio, and many
others we could name, are just as